Substance Abuse

Thousand

I´m gonna post some of my Substance Designer/Painter Work here

let´s start dirty:

edit: these substances are supposed to be used for a character, not for ground maps

Lt_Commander

Awesome thread title.

The substance seems a little goopy, for lack of a better term. I think it could use a little more roughness variation, and the splatter could stand out a bit more.

Thousand

thanks for hte feedback; here is a variation

TheWalkerGod

In my opinion i think i liked the first one better. The variation in your new version seems a bit off, like it just rained on some parts but others have been drying for awhile. I suppose this could happen in a desert but i don't think the wet parts would pop out that much then since it rains very little in a desert.

Are you using any reference?

Thousand

Thanks for your comments! Just using some pics from dirty soldiers as reference, as these substances are meant to be used for such a character.
Trying out some different approaches, enjoying + sharing the process

here´s a different approach:

Gheromo

are these textures generated with some sort of premade maps or pure substance magic?

Marshkin

Great start so far! I agree that the materials do seem to come across more plastic like the mud. Right now your materials are in that odd place between "Wet looking" and dry. I'd recommend pushing it further in either direction.

Thousand

@ Gheromo: they use both: The noisy stuff comes from substance grunge maps, which are procedural. The splatters are alphas from my zbrush library.

@ Marshkin: thanks for your input! a lot of mud is in that odd place between wet looking and dry

radiancef0rge

You don't seem to be taking to repeated critique very well.

The material definition isn't really there yet. Mud usually has localized areas of pure wet and puddle vs dryer areas. Yours are not really communicating either wet mud, or dry dirt.

Try working on the frequency of detail and massage the gloss map a bit more for localized analytical wetness definition.

JennaJenga

was honestly expectign to see a crack pipe with this thread header

Thousand

@ radiancef0rge: I´m not sure if you noticed, that these substances are made for splatting dirt on props/characters - not for ground textures.

@Jennajenga: - I´ll try to create something that lives up to the thread title maybe some white stuff on a mirror or so

radiancef0rge

oh cool then theyre perfect

Thousand

@Jennajenga: this one is for you

dzibarik

Nice mud. want to step on it.

pmiller001

Oh man thats muddy. Lookin good

Thousand

More Mud, this time ground mud, fully procedural

Thousand

added flies, footprints and dead plants:

nbac

wow! all procedural? need to see the sd tree ;D

Jerc

This looks totally awesome!

Ged

that latest mud is fantastic!

Thousand

thanks, everything except footprints and insects is procedural. I think the insects are so small, they could be done procedurally easily, the footprints would be a bit more complicated

Thousand

@nbac: here are some graph screenshots

first pic is showing main graph
second pic is showing sub graphs for tire tracks

Poinball

Nice job men !

substancetools

Awesome work! Those look incredible!

samwoodart

I never though something so dirty could look so damn nice! Sweet work dude

Thousand

Thanks!

I hope one day Marmoset will allow all maps to be accessed by Substances! That would make tweaking so much easier!

Thousand

So this is what the dirt/mud has been used for:

head is a scan by ten24









more pics: http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2277844#post2277844

Grusti

NAILDIT!!! AWESOME work

MrPie

Oh man, this is fucking awesome!

luthyn

Love the thread title, love the work, love the organization, love all of it. Keep it up man! This is really inspiring

Thousand

@IlyaIvanovArt: I feel honored by your gif! ))

@MrPie: happy to hear you like it!

@luthyn: thanks for the compliment, this gives me smile and strength for future projects!